My son will be one at christmas, is a tree necessary? Also what is an appropriate amount to spend on gifts?
March 312010
My son prefers remotes over his bins of toys and his fine motor skills aren’t the greatest yet so he can’t take part in unwrapping his gifts anyways. Thing is money is tight and he already has so much. Is it really necessary to go all out just because it is his "first" christmas? As for the tree he is into everything and I just don’t see the point, but everyone thinks I am "depriving" him of the experience otherwise. What do yall think?
You’re not depriving him at all – it would be damned irresponsible to splurge on Christmas and not have enough for food or heat in January! Our little girls first christmas, we bought her one keepsake present to commemorate it being her first, a nice book and one teddy. Everyone else in the family bought her so much stuff, we wouldn’t have had room for anything else anyway! As for decorations, why not make stuff with him? Paper chains cost nothing, and are really easy to make, you just need strips of paper and glue. Oh, and you could make edible christmas decorations like cookies as well. You could always get a 2-3ft fake tree for this year, and then let him have it as his own tree in his room in future years? Don’t feel guilty just because other people think you have to go into debt to prove how much you love your kids!
April 1st, 2010 at 1:17 am
just buy a fake christmas tree ya know one of those small ones and maybe a few little gifts he wont need that much because he is so little he wont remember and he wont care but i stil think he should get the whole idea of christmas so jst reuse the tree
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April 1st, 2010 at 1:51 am
yes its necessary………..dang! surprised you asked that …necessary for him to start feeling christmas…..spending? if you don’t have it , do what you can it doesn’t take money to make christmas Special
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April 1st, 2010 at 2:06 am
my family is also tight with money and instead of going alll out were buying just a few gifts for my son, he is 6 months so this is his first christmas also, and there are a few things we bought him a week ago and my mother suggested re-wrapping them for pictures sake i think lol, he wont know the diffference. im not too fond of this idea but it does seem practical. my son is the same also, i had to buy him a real cell phone that is not activated and a remote so he would stop drooling on mine! and hes got about 100 toys. hope my idea helps a little
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April 1st, 2010 at 2:56 am
Yes you need to get a Christmas tree! and if money is tight, and he is only 1 then just get him cheap little toys that he can unwrap and have fun with.
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April 1st, 2010 at 3:21 am
Nothing is necessary. If you feel you need a tree, then a 2/3ft one that you can stand on a table/ bookcase will be ample. Either that or some dangly decorations and some fairy lights. My daughter loves those!
As for present – I didn’t buy my daughter anything for her first Christmas. She was 3 months old and totally spoilt by her relatives, plus money was very tight as I’d only moved into my flat 2 months previous to Christmas. He’s not going to know or care if you spend £15 or £300 on him. As long as he’s with you, he won’t care.
Don’t feel like you’re depriving him of anything. Don’t spend money you haven’t got.
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April 1st, 2010 at 3:52 am
I buy my son one or two gifts every year, and not expensive ones, either. At three, he’s still too young to know or care. His grandparents more than make up for the gifts I don’t get him. Besides, Christmas isn’t about getting lots of stuff. And it’s not about having a tree shedding needles all over your living room, either, so if you don’t want one, don’t worry what other people say.
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April 1st, 2010 at 4:20 am
I wouldn’t go "all out"…there are plenty of years to come, when he’ll notice,,,,don’t go crazy, he doesn’t care at 1..
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April 1st, 2010 at 4:30 am
You’re not depriving him at all – it would be damned irresponsible to splurge on Christmas and not have enough for food or heat in January! Our little girls first christmas, we bought her one keepsake present to commemorate it being her first, a nice book and one teddy. Everyone else in the family bought her so much stuff, we wouldn’t have had room for anything else anyway! As for decorations, why not make stuff with him? Paper chains cost nothing, and are really easy to make, you just need strips of paper and glue. Oh, and you could make edible christmas decorations like cookies as well. You could always get a 2-3ft fake tree for this year, and then let him have it as his own tree in his room in future years? Don’t feel guilty just because other people think you have to go into debt to prove how much you love your kids!
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April 1st, 2010 at 4:35 am
If money is tight you definitely don’t need to go all out – yes, its his first Christmas, but he won’t remember it at all! And honestly…. a tree is a pain with a one year old. He’ll try to pull all the ornaments off it and whatnot. Maybe get a small fake one you can stick in a corner he can’t get at? That would suffice.
I would maybe wrap one or two gifts top and let him go at it. You could even wrap some toys you already have if you wanted to. He’ll have more fun ripping the paper and playing with that anyways.
Good luck!!
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April 1st, 2010 at 5:06 am
well if you think that you shouldn’t get your son a gift then stick with your decision
But for the satisfaction of others you can buy him a small useful gift that would help him to learn something
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